Nelson Neighborhood Development Plan

The Office of the Commissioner of Railroads has scheduled a hearing on the City's proposed City View Drive railroad crossing for May 6, 2019 at 10:30am in Madison (exact location is to be determined).

February 26, 2019 Project Update

City of Madison Engineering has submitted materials requesting the connection of City View Drive from Crossroads Drive south across the railroad tracks to Levitan Lane to the Office of the Commissioner of Railroads (OCR). The OCR has assigned the project Docket Number 9170-RX-376. For those that are interested, the project submittal can be viewed at the OCR website, which will be updated as a hearing is scheduled. Further updates will be posted to the Nelson NDP website as the project makes its way through the hearing process. The Nelson NDP update process is planned to resume after the OCR has released its ruling on whether the crossing can be constructed as proposed by the City.

January 16, 2019 Project Update

Release of a draft future land use map and street network for the Nelson Neighborhood Development Plan update was originally expected to occur this month (January). However, the City is pausing the Plan update process while the City's application to extend City View Drive across the railroad tracks is reviewed by the State of Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Railroads. The outcome of that application has the potential to impact the land use and street network recommendations in the southwest corner of the Nelson NDP area.

The City's Engineering Division will submit railroad crossing application materials to the State before the end of January. It is anticipated that the State will hold a hearing in the spring of 2019, with a ruling approximately a month after the hearing. We expect to schedule a public meeting to release the draft future land use map and street network shortly after the ruling is released. We will provide further updates via this website and via the project email list (see signup on the lower right corner of this page) once the hearing is scheduled and after it has been held

Much of the information was similar to what was presented at the October 23, 2018 Public Meeting. If you are interested in watching the presentation, it is available on City Channel. The presentation starts at about the five minute mark.

An initial public meeting to introduce the planning process was held on October 23, 2018.

A handout was available and an introductory presentation was given regarding the planning process. Please see the PDFs below for the meeting flyer, presentation, and handout.

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